wcf

Is that a way to set the name of the application in the log journal using the IIS web.config ?

Hi, I use the following code in the web.config file of my WCF application: <source name="System.ServiceModel" switchValue="Error, Warning, Information"> <listeners> <add name="LogInApplication" type="System.Diagnostics.EventLogTraceListener" initializeData="Application" /> ...

Logging information about the client making requests to WCF (WAS) webservice

I have a WCF webservice, a number of webservices actually, all using net.tcp and hosted in IIS through WAS. Multiple clients are calling these services, all are known but cannot be controlled (that is, I cannot change their code and therefore I cannot change the services either). Some of these clients are not very nice to the service and...

Implement IExtensibleDataObject on a Base class

Hi - We currently have several WCF services that expose our domain model directly across the wire. In other words, we don't have a layer of DTOs to map between our domain and service layers. I have no choice but to directly decorate our domain objects with [DataContract] and [DataMember]. I want to implement IExtensibleDataObject on ...

Alternative to SvcUtil.exe?

I have been wrestling with SvcUtil all day, trying to get it to generate useful code for some IMS Enterprise Services (primarily Group Management Service, but there are others we need it to work for as well.) You can find the IMS service WSDL's here http://www.imsglobal.org/es/index.html. I have come to the conclusion that SvcUtil is a...

How to derive a website absolute file path from a WCF service hosted in IIS?

How can one determine the absolute filepath of the WCF service root folder that's hosted in IIS? I've investigated System.ServiceModel.OperationContext and discovered various relative URI paths, but no absolute paths that contain the service root folder. ...

How to prevent 'Specified' properties being generated in WCF clients?

I have two .NET 3.5 WCF services build with VS2008. I have two WCF clients in Silverlight to consume these services. The clients are generated with the 'Add Service Reference'. I am using Silverlight 4. ONE of the proxies is generated with Specified properties for each property. This is a 'message-in' class for my service method : ...

Alternative to HttpContext when using NInject with a WCF Service Hosted in WAS using MSMQ binding

I have a one way WCF service using the MSMQ Binding which is activated using Windows Activation Service in IIS 7.0. I'm a big fan on NInject so I've been using the NInject extension for WCF, which for a typical HTTP WCF service would work great. However, in WAS activate services there is no HTTP pipeline, so I can't use InRequestScope...

WCF + SSL wsDualHttpBinding or netTcpBinding

Hi, I need to create a self-hosted WCF service. I need secure duplex connection between client and server through Internet. I read some documents of WCF and found that the netTcpBinding is suitable for intranet application, because the SSL is only point 2 point. If it is an internet application, the connection must not be point 2 point...

When is a returned MemoryStream released in WCF?

In the following scenario I want to return just a string because that's what the spec says but to do that I have to return a stream and I just want to make sure than I don't keep too many streams around for too long. The method looks like: [WebGet(BodyStyle = WebMessageBodyStyle.Bare, RequestFormat = WebMessageFormat.Xml, Respon...

WCF - what extension point to choose for applying localization on thread?

I'm implementing localization in my WCF application according to http://www.codeproject.com/KB/WCF/WSI18N.aspx and some other articles. Basicly I'm attaching a message header with current culture info on client (using IClientMessageInspector implementation) and then applying the culture info on current thread on server side (using ICallC...

"The current configuration system does not support user-scoped settings"

We're getting a "The current configuration system does not support user-scoped settings" compilation exception being thrown when navigating to a WCF service on our staging server. We're getting this exception through the app consuming the WCF service and when we navigate to the .svc test page directly. This works fine on our test ser...

WCF in Partial trust environment.

I have deployed by WCF to a host and my ASP.NET site is trying to consume the same service. I get this error: The Binding with name BasicHttpBinding failed validation because it contains a BindingElement with type System.ServiceModel.Channels.MtomMessageEncodingBindingElement which is not supported in partial trust. Cons...

How to create HTTP POST Request Body content with WCF REST (Starter Kit)

I'm integrating an app with ZenDesk. They have a REST API. I need to send POX in the request body. I'm using the WCF REST Starter Kit. How do I programmatically add my xml to the request body? Here's my unit test: [Test] public void Can_create_user() { // Arrange http = new HttpClient("...

nHibernate strategies in a web farm

Our current project at work is a new MVC web site that will use a WCF service primarily to access a 3rd party billing system via a web service as well as a small SQL database for user personalization. The WCF service uses nHibernate for the SQL database. We'd like to implement some sort of web farm for load balancing as well as failove...

WCF Deserializing Problem

My "Location" object isnt getting serialized in my WCF datacontract, however, all other variables are being set properly. When I try to output a variable in the location object I get the "Object reference not set to an instance of an object" error My DataContract: [DataContract(Namespace = "")] public class CalcRequest : BaseRequest { ...

WCF Interceptor On Compact Framework

I would like to add an interceptor layer to my WCF service to send the Device ID to authenticate the device. I am very very new to WCF Interceptors. Before I take all the time to figure them out, I would like to know if they even work with the Compact Framework. So, do WCF Interceptors work with the Compact Framework and if so are the...

Cache Regions in Velocity/AppFabric using WCF

I have a service based architecture where a web farm full of asp clients hit application server farm of WCF services. Obviously all the database access is done by the WCF services. Now I would like to cache my frequently used database retrieved objects using Velocity at the service tier level. I am considering to make each physical appli...

Timing of wcf calls in silverlight

Everyone knows that in Silverlight all wcf service calls are asynchronous. But what can we say about the timing of the requests? For the following code, is it always true that "Hello A" will be received by the server before "Hello B"? ServiceClient proxy = new ServiceClient(); ServiceClient proxy2 = new ServiceClient(); proxy.SayHello...

How can I get the message/response body in WCF when server returns an HTTP 401?

I have a WCF client test harness where I'm using a "client message inspector" endpoint behavior to "pick off" raw requests and response messages going to and from a service and save them for later display in the UI. This works great, except for the use case where invalid credentials are passed (Basic Authentication). The server returns ...

How will migrating from .Net 3.5 to 4.0 affect my WCF components?

From your own personal experience, how much of an impact will migrating to .Net 4 have on my existing WCF components? Is there a big risk that I may need to re-write a lot of code? ...